Settling reservoir or basin.



No. 672,486. Patented Apr. 23, |90I. W. P. MASON.

SETTLING RESEBVDIR 0B BASIN.

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w/NEssEs No. 672,486. v Patented Apr. 23, |90I. w. P. MASON.

SETTLING RESERVOIR 0R BASIN.

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WILLIAM P. MASON, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

SETTLING RESERVOIR OR BASIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,486, dated April23, 1901.

Application filed December 6, 1900. Serial No. 38,977. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. MASON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York,haveinventedanew and useful Improvement in Settling Reservoirs orBasins, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specication.

My application is designed particularly for use in settling-reservoirsconnected with public water-supplies, although it is applicable to allvarieties of reservoirs and settling-basins. With this class ofapparatus as now constructed in order to remove the deposit it isnecessary to stop the use of the reservoir or basin, which isinconvenient and expensive.

The object of my invention is to so construct the settling basin orreservoir that the deposit rnay be readily removed and also that thismay be done without stopping its use during such removal. I will nowdescribe the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, bywhich this is accomplished.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan viewof myimproved settling reservoiror basin. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectionon line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the coversclosed, showing how the conduits are washed out.

A, A', A2, and A3 are the walls of a reservoir or basin constructed inthe ordinary manner, and B the ordinary door of such reservoir.

A* is the water-inlet pipe or orifice from the water-supply, and B5 theWater-exit pipe or orifice to the water-mains.

C is an interior wall made of wood, brick, masonry, or any suitablematerial. This wall C extends along the wall A and at a distance therefrom sufficient to leave the passage c between the wall C and wall A.The Wall C may be stayed from wall A by the stay-rods s. The height ofthis wall C is such as to be above the normal water-level in thereservoir. Resting upon the floor B are a series of longitudinalpartitions D, extending about eight inches above the door. Thesepartitions may be constructed of wood or stone or any suitable material.These partitions D extend from the wall C toward the wall A, leaving apassage CZ between their ends and the wall A. This forms a series ofconduits or slnices e, extending between the passage d and wall C.Hinged to the top of each of these partitions D is a cover E. Thesecovers are ot such width as to extend between adjacent partitions D andof length equal to the length of the partitions D. lVhen these covers Eare elevated, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, the main lioor B of thereservoir is in use. When these covers E are down, as shown in Fig. Ll,a i'loor is formed in the reservoir above the lioor B. These covers areelevated in the following manner: Connected with each cover E is a rodF, which extends upward and through a platform F', extending from wallA2 to wall A3. If necessary, similar rods may be used at the oppositeends of the covers E.

In the Wall C at each conduit e is a gate g, which is operated by a rodg. H is a valve connected with pipe h, extending through wall A.3 intopassage c and near the bottom thereof. Initially the covers E areelevated and the floor B is the active floor of the reservoir. VVhateVeraccumulation of deposit takes place will fall to the bottoni B, andbefore the accumulation reaches a point above the partitions D thecovers E are closed, forming a secondary temporary floor for thereservoir above the deposit-line, and the use of thc reservoir cancontinue during cleaning, which is accomplished as follows:

The valve H is opened and the water in passage c will pass out, carryingthe deposit in that passage with it. Next, the gates g are successively,one at a time, opened. This will cause the water entering passage Cl tosuccessively pass through the conduits e, all the water in said passagebeing thus concentrated in a single conduit. This will carry the depositin the conduits into the passage c and out through the pipe 7L. \Vhenthe deposit has been removed, the covers E are again opened and thecomplete reservoir again used. The time taken in thus removing the depositis so short that practically no deposit feeds on the covers; but if anythere be it will fall to the floor B when the covers are opened. By thisconstruction I am enabled to rapidly clean the reservoir and continueusing the same during such cleaning. The details of construction of andmeans to operate thc IOO various parts may be varied from that shown anddescribed without departing from my in- Vention.

Having noW fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is-

l. A reservoir or settlingtank provided with a plurality of conduitsextending along the floor thereof, a passage at one end of saidconduits, a discharge in connection with said passage, a passage at theother end of said conduits in connection with the water-supply,

, and means to open and close connection between the ends of saidconduits and the passage in connection with the discharge.

2. A reservoir or settling-tank provided with a plurality of conduitsextending along the iioor thereof, said conduits at one end being incommunication with the Water-supply, and means to open and close theother end of :ach conduit independently.

3. A reservoir or settling-tank provided with a plurality of conduitsextending along` the iioor thereof, said conduits at one end being incommunication with the watersupply, a discharge in connection with theother end of said conduits, and means to open and close the dischargeend of each conduit independently.

4. A reservoir or settling-tank provided with a plurality of conduitsextending along the floor thereof, said conduits at one end being incommunication with the water-supply, and means to open and close theother end of each conduit independently, said. conduits being providedwith removable covers.

5. A reservoir or settling-tank provided with a plurality of conduitsextending along the door thereof, said conduits at one end being incommunication with the Water-supply, a discharge in connection with theother end of said conduits, and means to open and close the dischargeend of each conduit independently.

6. A reservoir or settling-tank provided with a plurality of conduitsextending along the iioor thereof, a passage at one end of saidconduits, a discharge in connection with said passage, a passage at theother end of said conduits in connection with the water-supply, andmeans to close and open the discharge ends of said conduits, saidconduits being provided with removable covers.

7. A reservoir or settling-tank provided with an inner wall on one side,there being a passage between the main and inner walls, a plurality ofpartitions extending upward from the floor and from said inner walltoward the opposite main wall, there being a passage between the ends ofsaid partitions and the opposite main wall, gates in the inner wall inthe spaces between said partitions, removable covers extending betweenpartitions at the top thereof, and means to operate said gates andcovers from above the water-level.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand, at Troy,New York, on this 4th day of December, 1900.

WILLIAM P. MASON.

Vitnesses:

JAMns H. DAvls, FREDERICK S. Corn.

